{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Chelsea Weston | fullname = Chelsea Elisabeth Weston<ref name=fifa>{{cite web|title=List of Players - England|url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FU20W/2010/pdf/FU20W_2010_SquadLists.pdf|publisher=FIFA|accessdate=27 January 2016|page=4|date=27 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203051856/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FU20W/2010/pdf/FU20W_2010_SquadLists.pdf|archive-date=3 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> | image = London Bees v Watford FC Ladies, 27 January 2018 (01) (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Weston playing for London Bees in January 2018 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|01|27}} | birth_place = Worcester, England | height = 1.62 m<ref name=fifa /> | position = Defender | currentclub = Pink Bari | clubnumber = 30 | youthyears1 = | youthyears2 = | youthclubs1 = Droitwich Diamonds | youthclubs2 = Birmingham City | years1 = 2005–2008 | clubs1 = Birmingham City | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2008–2010 | clubs2 = Doncaster Rovers Belles | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2011–2015 | clubs3 = Birmingham City | caps3 = 53 | goals3 = 4 | years4 = 2016–2017 | clubs4 = Notts County | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 2017–2018 | clubs5 = London Bees | caps5 = 13 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2019–2020 | clubs6 = Coventry United | caps6 = 15 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2020– | clubs7 = Pink Bari | caps7 = 7 | goals7 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2007–2008 | nationalteam1 = England U-17 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | pcupdate = 26 November 2020 | ntupdate = }} '''Chelsea Elisabeth Weston''' (born 27 January 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Pink Bari in the Italian Serie A. She has represented England up to Under-23 level.
==Club career== Weston, of Warndon,<ref name=worcs>{{cite news|url=http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/sport/4514695.Chelsea_stars_in_England_s_Euro_Under_19_triumph/|title=Chelsea stars in England's Euro Under 19 triumph|author=Steve Carley|publisher=Worcester News|date=28 July 2009|accessdate=14 August 2009}}</ref> began playing football for a local boys team, the Droitwich Kestrels<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/news/2021914.chelsea-off-to-chile/|title=Chelsea off to Chile|publisher=The Bromsgrove Advertiser|date=6 February 2008|accessdate=14 August 2009}}</ref> and remained with them until reaching the maximum age for mixed football teams.<ref name=hw>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2006/08/16/chelsea_weston_feature.shtml|title=Chelsea aiming for the top!|publisher=BBC Hereford & Worcester|accessdate=14 August 2009|author=Jaskirt Dhaliwal}}</ref> Her struggle to find a team to play for saw her featured on BBC Midlands Today where she was spotted by Birmingham City Ladies. She joined their junior side and progressed to play in their Premier League team.
Weston left to join Doncaster Rovers Belles in the 2008 close season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doncasterroversbelles.co.uk/home.php?section=OPE&category=FTE&subcat=players&action=full&id=44|title=Chelsea Weston (first team)|publisher=Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C.|accessdate=14 August 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831014049/http://www.doncasterroversbelles.co.uk/home.php?section=OPE|archivedate=31 August 2009}}</ref> In February 2009 she played in the Belles 5–0 defeat against Arsenal Ladies in the FA Women's Premier League Cup Final.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/women/7913932.stm|title=Smith bids farewell with Cup win|author=Tony Leighton|date=26 February 2009|accessdate=14 August 2009|work=BBC Sport}}</ref>
In December 2010, Weston was revealed to have signed for Birmingham City Ladies' FA WSL squad.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/2210|title=Exciting Blues news!|publisher=She Kicks|accessdate=20 December 2010|date=20 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726143422/http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/2210|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2016 Birmingham manager David Parker revealed that the club had rejected its option to extend Weston's contract, making her a free agent.<ref>{{cite news|title=Statement: player movements in transfer window|url=http://www.birminghamcityladiesfc.co.uk/news/statement_player_movements_in_transfer_window.html|accessdate=27 January 2016|publisher=Birmingham City L.F.C.|date=26 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128202848/http://www.birminghamcityladiesfc.co.uk/news/statement_player_movements_in_transfer_window.html|archive-date=28 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 18 March 2016, Notts County Ladies confirmed the signing of Weston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nclfc.co.uk/news/weston_joins_the_lady_pies.html|title=Weston Joins the Lady Pies|publisher=Notts County Ladies F.C.|accessdate=23 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423224455/http://www.nclfc.co.uk/news/weston_joins_the_lady_pies.html|archive-date=23 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Weston picked up an ACL injury and prior to recovery, Notts County Ladies were folded.
She signed for London Bees in September 2017 and made her debut the following month.
==International career== Weston has represented England at Under-17,<ref name=hw/> Under-19,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fgmag.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=5249|title=Sweden deny England semi spot|publisher=Fair Game|date=13 July 2008|accessdate=14 August 2009}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and Under-20 level. In 2008, she played for England's Under-20 team in the FIFA Under-20's World Cup Finals in Chile.<ref name=fifa /> In 2009, she was a key player as England's Under-19s side won the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship in Belarus, scoring against Sweden in the group stages. She was named as one of ten 'emerging talents' from the tournament on the UEFA website.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/wunder19/news/kind=1/newsid=858117.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727165900/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/wunder19/news/kind=1/newsid=858117.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 July 2009|title=England dominate emerging talents|publisher=UEFA|date=27 July 2009|accessdate=14 August 2009}}</ref>
==Personal life== Weston attended Elgar Technology College<ref name=worcs2>{{cite news|url=http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/kidzzone/school/elgar/blackboard/4097060.The_Elgar_girl_who_went_on_to_play_for_England/|title=The Elgar girl who went on to play for England|author=Lauren Rogers|publisher=Worcester News|date=3 February 2009|accessdate=14 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307131756/http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/kidzzone/school/elgar/blackboard/4097060.The_Elgar_girl_who_went_on_to_play_for_England/|archive-date=7 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Worcester Sixth Form College,<ref name=hw/> before enrolling on a sports science degree at Loughborough University, on a talented athlete scholarship.<ref name=worcs2/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tass.gov.uk/newsitem.asp?id=3&nid=193 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805172146/http://www.tass.gov.uk/newsitem.asp?id=3&nid=193 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 August 2012 |title=FA selects TASS athletes |publisher=TASS |date=3 November 2008 |accessdate=14 August 2009 }}</ref>
==Honours== ===Birmingham City=== *FA Women's Cup (1): 2011–12<ref>{{cite news |url=https://womenscompetitions.thefa.com/en/Article/Birmingham-Chelsea-Throwback-110420 |title=FA Cup Final throwback: Birmingham topple Chelsea in 2012 thriller |publisher=The FA |access-date=9 May 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{FIFA player|295608}} * {{Soccerway|chelsea-weston/24687}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weston, Chelsea}} Category:English women's footballers Category:Notts County L.F.C. players Category:Birmingham City W.F.C. players Category:Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. players Category:People educated at Worcester Sixth Form College Category:Alumni of Loughborough University Category:FA Women's National League players Category:Footballers from Worcester, England Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Women's Super League players Category:England women's under-23 international footballers Category:London Bees players Category:Women's association football defenders Category:Coventry United W.F.C. players Category:A.S.D. Pink Sport Time players Category:Serie B (women's football) players Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Category:English expatriates in Italy Category:21st-century English sportswomen